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M. SAULSON.

I Coal Scuttle.

No. 92,546. Patnted July 13, 1869 tinned smo against (itililirr.

Letters Patent No. 92,546, dated July 13,1869.

coAL-scU'rTLE.

The. Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, M'olmls SAULSON, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Goal-Scuttles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference .being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of my improved coal-scuttle, part being broken away to show the construction. 1

Figure 2 is a detail view of a modification of the cover. v

Figure 3 is a detail section of the attaching-spring, taken through the line at x, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

' My invention has for its object to furnish improved coal-scuttles,'so constructed and arranged that they may be taken apart, and packed in nests for transportation and v It consists in the manner in which the removable bottom band is attached to the scuttle, and in the manner in which the removable hood or cover is attached to the top or upper edge of the scuttle; the whole being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the body of the scuttle, about the construction of which there is nothing new.

B is the detachable bottom band, which maybe madeof cast-iron, or any other suitable material. j The bottom band is made with an upwardly-projecting flange, b, fitting around the bottom of the scuttle, as shown in fig. 1.

C is a prong or hook, one end of which'rs attached to the body A of the scuttle, either by being passed through its bottom, and being soldered or riveted in place, or in any other convenient and substantial manner. .The other end projects outward, so as to pass through or hook into the eye 1), formed upon or attached to the bottom band B, as shown in fig. 1.

E, a screw, the upper end of which is secured to the body A of the coal-scuttle,-either by being passed through its bottom, and being soldered or riveted in place, or in any other convenient and substantial manner.

F is a thumb-nut, screwing upon the projecting end of the screw E, and resting against the removable band B, and against the bottom of the scuttle, so as to secure the said bottom band firmly in place, and at the same time allow it to bereadily removed when required.

G is the handle, which, for convenience in nesting the scuttles, is attached to or formed upon the bottom band B.

H is the cover or hood of the scuttle, which may be i made in two pieces, seamed to each other, as shown in fig. 2, or, if desired, a triangular piece or gore may set into the. sides of the cover, as shown in fig. 1. The construction first described, I prefer, as being simpler. The side edges of the coverH are grooved, so as to bc sprung overthe edges of the scuttle, as shown in fig. 1. I is a spring, -the ends of which are bent inward,.-or made into hook-form, as shown in fig. 3. The hooked ends of the spring I are sprung over the stifi'ening-wire, in the upper edge of the scuttle, into slots formed in the sides of the scuttle immediately be- .neath the said wire, as shown in fig. 1, and the spring is tightened by a set-screw, J, passing through the said spring, and pressing against the top of the cover'H'.

Ii' desired, the spring I may be omitted, and the.

cover H secured in place byspringing the projecting ends-of the stifieniug-wires in the ends of said cover through holes in the sides of the scuttle.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

The combination of theremovable cover H with the body A of the scuttle, substantially in the manner 

